Co-op Funeralcare, Britain's largest funeral service provider, announced that it will launch a "boiling water funeral" service later this year, the Daily Mail reported. This is another new funeral mode introduced by Britain after the legalization of 1902 cremation.

In fact, boiling water for funeral is nothing new. This new way of funeral has become popular in America, Canada and South Africa. It is said that desmond tutu is by far the most famous person who chose "water burning and burial".

Let's take a look first. What is boiling water burial?

Water burning burial is to put the remains in biodegradable bags, then put them in a closed container filled with pressurized water and lye, and cook them at a high temperature of 160 degrees. After four hours of cooking, hot water and lye will eventually completely dissolve the fat and tissue of the remains, leaving only bones. As for the bones, they will eventually be smashed into slag like cremation, and then returned to their loved ones in the urn.

To sum up in one sentence: it is to dissolve the remains with pressurized water and lye, leaving only bones, which are crushed by the staff and returned to their relatives.

Through this process, it can be seen that compared with the traditional cremation method, water burning burial is milder and more environmentally friendly. Why do you say that? Look down with me:

Because there is no burning fire in the whole process, it will not produce a lot of harmful gases like cremation. Resomation, which supplies "water burning furnace" equipment, claims that "water burning burial" produces one-third less greenhouse gases than cremation. Moreover, energy consumption only accounts for one seventh of cremation. As for whether this kind of wastewater will be treated and then discharged into the sewage pipeline, the report did not mention it.

As I mentioned above, compared with cremation, water burning burial produces one-third less greenhouse gases and consumes less energy. Moreover, water burning burial is more gentle to the remains, and will not have the influence of high temperature on the remains during cremation. This is also considered as a more respectful and considerate way. In addition, because water does not need to be burned, it will not produce smoke and ash, which makes the memorial ceremony cleaner and more solemn and reflects the environmental protection side.

However, it must be said that the cost of water burning burial is not cheaper than cremation under the premise of ensuring environmental protection requirements. Waste gas needs to be treated in the later stage of cremation, and waste water needs to be treated in the later stage of water burning and burial. Therefore, the cost of both is higher than that of traditional burial.

So which funeral method is the most scientific? Actually, there is an answer:

After the introduction of water burning burial in Britain, although most people still don't understand it, after explanation, 29% people have indicated that they will choose water burning burial as the funeral method. This result not only shows people's attention to environmental awareness, but also shows the recognition of this scientific funeral way.

Tell me more about China. At present, the mainstream funeral methods in China are mainly burial and cremation. At present, flower bed burial has been carried out in some places, which is an ecological burial method without retaining ashes. The ashes of the deceased were placed in a special biodegradable and environmentally friendly urn, buried under the flower bed, degraded by themselves after a period of time, and finally merged with soil and flowers to return to nature.

If our country can also introduce water burning burial, and then bury the ashes in flower beds, I think this is the embodiment of "thick cultivation and thin burial", which is very scientific and environmentally friendly, or it may become the mainstream in the near future. Of course, the road ahead is still long ~